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Josephine Blackburn 1874 - 1970

Josephine Blackburn of Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia was born on December 13, 1874, and died at age 95 years old in January 1970.
Josephine Blackburn
Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia 24801
December 13, 1874
January 1970
Female
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Josephine Blackburn's History: 1874 - 1970

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  • 12/13
    1874

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    December 13, 1874
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  • 01/dd
    1970

    Death

    January 1970
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    Josephine Blackburn lived 23 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 95.
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In 1874, in the year that Josephine Blackburn was born, on May 20th, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis were approved for a patent for "blue jeans with copper rivets". They charged $13.50 per dozen jeans. Although the term "jeans" was first used in 1795 - in Italy - using rivets to reinforce stress points in jeans such as pockets and the bottom of the fly was an original idea..
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In 1897, at the age of 23 years old, Josephine was alive when on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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